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Television. Flat-screen television receivers on display for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008. Television ( TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission.
Televizor (Russian: Телевизор, "Television set") is a Soviet/Russian gothic rock / industrial group formed in 1984 [1] in Saint-Petersburg. Mikhail Borzykin [ ru] is the lead singer [2] and founder of group. [3] They began to perform at the Leningrad Rock Club. [4] They are noted for their strong views against authoritarianism in ...
History of television. Family watching TV, 1958. The concept of television is the work of many individuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first practical transmissions of moving images over a radio system used mechanical rotating perforated disks to scan a scene into a time-varying signal that could be reconstructed at a ...
LCD television. A liquid-crystal-display television ( LCD TV) is a television set that uses a liquid-crystal display to produce images. It is by far the most widely produced and sold type of television display. LCD TVs are thin and light, but have some disadvantages compared to other display types such as high power consumption, poorer contrast ...
Television in Russia. Television is the most popular medium in Russia, with 74% of the population watching national television channels routinely and 59% routinely watching regional channels. [1] There are 6,700 television channels in total. [2]
A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. It combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular ...
Digital television ( DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advancement and represented the first significant evolution in television technology since color television ...
The Consumer Electronics Association announced on October 17, 2012, that "Ultra High Definition", or "Ultra HD", would be used for displays that have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or wider and at least one digital input capable of carrying and presenting native video at a minimum resolution of 3840 × 2160. [5] [6] In 2015, the Ultra HD Forum was ...